Glyptoperichthys scrophus/Pterygoplichthys scrophus
Cope, 1874
scrofa (lat.) - breeding sow
Synonyms
Alligator Pleco
Liposarcus scrophus
Nashorn-Segelflossen-Harnischwels
Pterygoplichthys scrophus
Rhino Pleco
Rhinozeros-Segelschilderwels
Liposarcus scrophus
Nashorn-Segelflossen-Harnischwels
Pterygoplichthys scrophus
Rhino Pleco
Rhinozeros-Segelschilderwels
least concern
Length (total)
approx. 50 cm
Standard length (documented)
273.4 mm
Recommended tank size
200 cm
Temperature
24 - 29 °C
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
from genus: males have greater (dorsal) fins and a wider head, posibly females have a wider wais
unknown
4 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 12 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
14 soft rays
II / 12 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
09/August/2018
- Weber, C., 1992 "Révision du genre Pterygoplichthys sensu lato (Pisces, Siluriformes, Loricariidae)" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 29
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 353
- Das Aquarium 2/98 S.12 - 14
- Schäfer, Frank: "Gehörnter Saugwels"
(DATZ September 2017)
- Cope, E. D., 1874 "On some Batrachia and Nematognathi brought from the Upper Amazon by Prof. Orton" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 26, P. 135)
- Page, L.M.; Armbruster, J.W. & Sabaj, M.H., 1996 "Redescription of Glyptoperichthys scrophus, a loricariid catfish from Peru" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 7 No. 2, P. 185)
- Montoya-Burgos, J.-I.; Muller, S.; Weber, C. & Pawlowski, J., 1998 "Phylogenetic relationships of the Loricariidae (Siluriformes) based on mitochrondrial rRNA gene sequences" (Edipucrs, P. 367)
- Armbruster, Jonathan W. & Page, Lawrence M. , 2006 "Redescription of Pterygoplichthys punctatus and description of a new species of Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 4 No. 4, P. 402)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 292)
- Orfinger, A.B. & Goodding, D.D., 2018 "The Global Invasion of the Suckermouth Armored Catfish Genus Pterygoplichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): Annotated List of Species, Distributional Summary, and Assessment of Impacts" (Zoological Studies, Vol 57 No. 7)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
1, 2, 3
Ralf Binninger
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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